Kerry M Bachista, Johanna C Moore, José Labarère, Remle P Crowe, Lauren D Emanuelson, Charles J Lick, Guillaume P Debaty, Joseph E Holley, Ryan P Quinn, Kenneth A Scheppke, Paul E Pepe
OBJECTIVES: Cardiac arrests remain a leading cause of death worldwide. Most patients have nonshockable electrocardiographic presentations (asystole/pulseless electrical activity). Despite well-performed basic and advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) interventions, patients with these presentations have always faced unlikely chances of survival. The primary objective was to determine if, in addition to conventional CPR (C-CPR), expeditious application of noninvasive circulation-enhancing adjuncts, and then gradual elevation of head and thorax, would be associated with higher likelihoods of survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with nonshockable presentations...
February 1, 2024: Critical Care Medicine